Our dedication to research breakthroughs is matched by an ongoing commitment to working collaboratively with people with cerebral palsy and their families. The priorities of our Research Foundation grants are informed by frequent consultation with consumers with lived experience.
CPA Research Foundation provides grants designed to encourage both established researchers with a track record of excellence and promising, early-career researchers who are still emerging in the field.
Grant recipients 2021/2022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Project Grant (PRG15121)
AU$ $100,000.00
The Australian Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Research Data and Biobank
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG09421)
AU$ $119,520.00
Evaluating patient and GP knowledge of congenital CMV prevention behaviours before and after the launch of a GP eLearning module and The PIPP Study
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Project Grant (PRG09521)
AU$ $200,000.00
CP-ADAPT: Cerebral Palsy ADAPtive Trial A New Approach to Accelerate Progress in Discovering and Translating Treatments for Cerebral Palsy
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Project Grant (PRG09621)
AU$ $178,050.00
Families Together: Explorations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural understandings of disability, diagnosis and family support
HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
Project Grant (PRG09721)
AU$ $200,000.00
Bridging the gap; neural stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (UNSW)
Project Grant (PRG09821)
AU$ $222,564.00
Development of a resources for decision making in the application of Advanced Neurotherapuetics and Personalised Medicine in Pediatric Neurology
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD (INICSA), CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICA
Project Grant (PRG10321)
AU$ $100,000.00
Argentinian Cerebral Palsy Register (RAR-PC)- a study towards development of a national Cerebral Palsy Register in Argentina
QUEENSLAND HEALTH
Project Grant (PRG10421)
AU$ $150,000.00
Global LMIC CP Register (GLM-CPR): an international multi-centre register of children with cerebral palsy in low and middle-income countries (Yr 3 & 4 of PG10017)
THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK
Project Grant (PRG12021)
AU$ $125,510.00
Understanding the GMA Motor Optimality Score in high risk infants
SOUTH AFRICA -CHILD
Project Grant (PRG13121)
AU$ $163,080.00
Natural progression and motor development among individuals with Cerebral Palsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – a longitudinal cohort study from childhood to adulthood in rural Bangladesh and South Africa
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG14321)
AU$ $150,000.00
ICPGC Flagship project: aggregating existing genomic data to identify variants contributing to CP aetiology
MONASH UNIVERSITY
Project Grant (PRG14921)
AU$ $169,812.00
Formalised Training of Neonatal Neurologists in Australia
THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK
Project Grant (PRG15021)
AU$ $150,000.00
In their Habitat: Remote assessment of children with disabilities
ADARA DEVELOPMENT (UGANDA)
Project Grant (PRG07121)
AU$ $100,000.00
Hospital to Home programme for high-risk infants: Preparing for scale
HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
Project Grant (PRG09321)
AU$ $298,946.00
Lactoferrin to re-establish brain connectivity in fetal growth restriction
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON
Project Grant (PRG08621)
AU$ $200,000.00
Australian Site of the USA-based Neuromodulation Telehealth Study
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG07621)
AU$ $50,000.00
Let them thrive: Preventing cerebral palsy in the first 1000 days of life
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Project Grant (PRG04021)
AU$ $225,000.00
Mapping the trajectory of transcriptomic profile in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Project Grant (PRG00321)
AU$ $298,678.00
Fidgety Movement Detection for Robust and Interpretable Cerebral Palsy Risk Assessment
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG00821)
AU$ $199,346.00
Utility of the Bayley-III LM/LVi for Children with Cerebral Palsy
COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
Project Grant (PRG01021)
AU$ $200,000.00
Piloting and evaluating the feasibility of an Early Diagnosis Hub in New Zealand
TURNTO
Project Grant (PRG01621)
AU$ $150,000.00
Knowledge translation of scientific papers in cerebral palsy for health consumers using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
HADASSAH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Project Grant (PRG02521)
AU$ $100,000.00
Human Embryonic Stem Cells for modelling and discovering novel therapies for diffuse white matter injury
THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Project Grant (PRG02821)
AU$ $200,000.00
Early brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in moderate-late preterm babies
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG03321)
AU$ $218,383.00
Early communication intervention for infants with or at risk of cerebral palsy
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Project Grant (PRG03821)
AU$ $264,000.00
Research Fellow for Advance Therapeutics
MURDOCH CHILDREN’S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG04521)
AU$ $149,584.00
The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register project: moving forward
KARNALI ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Project Grant (PRG04621)
AU$ $32,000.00
Effects of a low-cost seating system for children with severe Cerebral Palsy on Quality of Life, upper limb function and impact on their family
THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK
Project Grant (PRG05121)
AU$ $100,000.00
The efficacy of biofeedback assisted relaxation training for the management of procedure related pain and anxiety in children and young people with cerebral palsy
TELETHON KIDS INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG06221)
AU$ $79,517.00
Fertility treatment and cerebral palsy: has the association changed in Australia?
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Project Grant (PRG06321)
AU$ $95,787.00
Clinical Evaluation of a novel transfer system
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Grant (PRG06421)
AU$ $53,955.00
ANZ CP Strategy – lived experience engagement fund
THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK
Project Grant (PRG06521)
AU$ $294,454.00
Digital Mental Health Treatments for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Project Grant (PRG00321)
AU$ $298,678.00
Fidgety Movement Detection for Robust and Interpretable Cerebral Palsy Risk Assessment
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01121)
AU$ 82,299
Identifying the emergence and early development of executive dysfunction in infants with CP
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01421)
AU$ 96,178
Evidence based approach to early detection of children with cerebral palsy in low resource settings
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01521)
AU$ $98,678
Novel linkage to study cerebral palsy, chronic conditions, and developmental delays at school age
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01921)
AU$ 75,732
Identification of transdiagnostic needs in children and youth with Cerebral Palsy
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02021)
AU$ 100,000
A global program on preventing malnutrition among children with Cerebral Palsy in low- and middle-income countries in the context of Sustainable Development Goals
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02321)
AU$ 77,155
A comparison of executive function profiles of adults with unilateral, dyskinetic or ataxic cerebral palsy and contribution to quality of life outcomes.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02521)
AU$ 99,707
Does distance matter? The hip pocket thinks so!
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
PhD research grant (PHD00221)
AU$ 105,000
Reducing respiratory illness in children with cerebral palsy: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
PhD research grant (PHD00321)
AU$ 17,500
Effects of a combined strength, flexibility and gait training intervention on physical capacity, function, neuromuscular and brain mechanisms and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and young adults with cerebral palsy
HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, CANADA
PhD research grant (PHD00421)
AU$ 105,000
Quantifying neural and muscle activations using exoskeleton-powered gait rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
PhD research grant (PHD00721)
AU$ 105,000
Music to baby’s ears. An EEG study of newborns’ response to maternal voice and music therapy in the NICU
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
PhD research grant (PHD00821)
AU$ 103,263
Mind the gap – an investigation of oral health outcomes and service access among people with cerebral palsy in Australia
CURTIN UNIVERSITY
PhD research grant (PHD01021)
AU$ 63,000
Respiratory hospitalisations in children and young people with cerebral palsy: which children and at what cost?
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY
PhD research grant (PHD01121)
AU$ 25,000
Developing culturally responsive early intervention and rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy in low- and middle-income countries
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
PhD research grant (PHD01721)
AU$ 105,000
Use of telerehabilitation technology to provide developmental follow up assessment of children with or at risk of cerebral palsy
MONASH UNIVERSITY
PhD research grant (PHD01821)
AU$ 105,000
Advancing Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist as a Novel Strategy to Prevent Brain Injury in Preterm Infants
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS, BRAZIL
PhD research grant (PHD02221)
AU$ 62,098
Neural and biomechanics mechanisms associated with changes in functional mobility after an intensive task-oriented training protocol in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
PhD research grant (PHD02421)
AU$ 99,170
Understanding the Genetic Causes of Cerebral Palsy: A Collaborative project between Australia, United States and the UK to Improve Diagnosis and Develop New Pathways
